Miguel Cabrera wasn't happy with something earlier in the Tigers' game against the Minnesota Twins tonight (the Tigers are currently down 8-7 in the 6th inning) and apparently that gum bucket was giving him the evil eye. Needless to say, the bucket got what it deserved.

Later on, Cabrera did even more damage to a pitch from Jeff Gray to give the Tigers a 7-6 lead (at the time). There is no word on whether the bucket returned to action, but the injury doesn't look to be too serious.

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie wasn't happy with a couple of strike calls during last night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. And by "wasn't happy," I mean he did his best Delmon Young impression and hit the home plate umpire with his helmet. Check out the video before it gets yanked down by the MLB video five-oh.

It doesn't look like Lawrie actually meant to hit said ump, but that doesn't matter. He'll probably be facing a serious fine and suspension, which is more than I can say for the idiot that committed a serious crime by throwing his beer. I'd imagine that a cup of LaBatt's flies better than a 10-dollar bill though, so to each his own.

Gerald Laird, always the center of attention for anything involving the Tigers, made sure that his presence was felt during this evening's game against the Chicago White Sox. Laird laid down a sacrifice bunt in the 5th inning, but failed to notice the sniper in the 7th row, who struck as soon as Laird got to the base.

And since it was so nice, we did it twice.

I'm not sure Laird will be pinch running much longer if this continues.

If you haven't heard by now that Calvin Johnson is on the cover of Madden 13, get out from under your rock. As expected, the cover looks amazing, and will definitely be something I'm buying this year despite (a) a general lack of money and (b) little hope or faith left in the Madden game experience itself. Basically, I want this cover.

Yeah, so he's got the same look on his face that most of his teammates get when they see a big bag of weed, but who cares. Megatron is hungry for touchdowns, not munchies.

And hey, the last time the Madden cover wasn't cursed, a Lions player was on the cover.

Just sayin'.

[The Wayne Fontes Experience]

Currently, the Tigers lead the Oakland A's 10-6 in the bottom of the 8th inning. About half an hour ago, the A's were down 10-2 with two outs in the same inning. Two infield singles and a walk later, Brandon Inge stepped to the plate. Recent history tells us that Brandon should have struck out on a pitch two feet outside with a horrible check swing, but this is clearly not the Brandon Inge that we're used to seeing.

The Tigers bullpen has been anything from 'meh' to downright awful this season. They have already blown 7 games in which the Tigers were leading after 7 innings, or 7 more than all of last season. Most of the time, you would expect to blow 3-4 games over the course of a season. Seven in just 31 team games, however, is a frightening stat. Hopefully this, like the lack of offense, is something that goes away as the season progresses.

As you can see, things have been slow around here recently. The reasons? First, my parents own the worst wireless known to mankind. Mom and Dad, I love you, but buy a new router. Second, and more important, I've been having some computer issues. What kind of issues, you might ask? Let's just put it like this...

That mess of parts was my laptop several hours ago. Yes, that is a steak knife next to it. Don't judge.

Anyway, long story short, we're back up and running. Now if we could just put the Tigers' offense back together...

Just after Ramon Santiago grounded out to start the bottom of the 9th, my dad and I started talking about how Alex Avila and Jhonny Peralta weren't giving Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder enough help in the Tigers lineup this season. Two batters later, Billy Zane let us know exactly how concerned we should be.

With the 5-4 win, the Tigers stay above .500 with a 13-12 record. Tomorrow's game is at 4:00 pm on the evil blackout machine known as FOX, and will feature Gavin Floyd and Max Scherzer as the starting pitchers. Billy Zane personally told me that he will be on standby.

While Justin Verlander was using his smile to cure awful diseases (or close to it), Miguel Cabrera used his visit to the MLB Fan Cave to show off his acting... talents.

While I won't be getting over the shirtless fat guy running through the streets of New York City (at 0:23 if you're too scared to expose yourself to it), the fact that Cabrera is finally embracing the "Miggy Smalls" moniker that I've been using for years. If Rod Allen calls him "Cabby" one more time... take 3 drinks.

[Walkoff Woodward]

Calvin Johnson appeared on Letterman last week in order to celebrate and promote the fact that he's been chosen to break the Madden curse. Since he's such a nice guy, Megatron decided that advising young athletes on their career choices was more important than discussing the 10 best things about being on the Madden 13 cover.

The video itself, like most of Letterman's jokes nowadays, is nothing special. I like the suit though.

[SB Nation Detroit]

Brandon Inge, who was released by the Tigers last week, is currently making his debut for the Oakland A's this evening at Fenway Park in Boston. In his first at bat, Inge flied out to center field on the second pitch that he saw.

Yeah, that's just weird. Especially the #18.

Update: Inge walked on 5 pitches in his second at bat and was stranded at 2nd base.

Update 2: Brandon Inge is staring into your soul. Inge lined out to shortstop on the first pitch in his 3rd at bat.

Update 3: Inge gets his first hit as an Oakland A in his fourth at bat.